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Happy dawn readers! I can’t wish you a good morning because I’m not sure it’s actually morning yet. I think we beat the sunrise. It’s early and… it snowed again. It still snowing and the roads look dicey. But,...

Snow. Pizza… a fire… s’mores… a game. Lyrics. Wait, lyrics? Oh, no. I didn’t, did I? Yes. I did. I wrote yesterday’s blog as lyrics to the Gilligan’s Island theme song. Wow. That’s what I woke up thinking today....

Good morning readers! It’s a lovely day and guess what? We’re hitting the road again. This time we’re off for a short 3-day tour to Steamboat Springs and a collaboration with Emerald City Opera. We’re so excited. Guess what...

opera talk with Greg Carpenter – Opera Colorado’s General Director Greg Carpenter is the fourth General Director in Opera Colorado’s history. He guides both the artistic and administrative operations of the company. We sat down with him to learn...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day readers! Or as they said in Ireland: “Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!” Around 5:30AM this morning I was awoken by a loud thump coming from the room next to me. Seconds later came another thump....

Good morning you good people. It snowed again last night! We woke up to a beautiful mountain vista covered in white. We’re going to have a bit of a later start today so everyone can get a little more...

by Ari Pelto – Opera Colorado Music Director and Conductor of The Scarlet Letter In 2015 I was appointed Music Director of Opera Colorado; the first in the history of the company. This happened at a time when some prominent...

David Mason, Colorado Poet Laureate Emeritus and Librettist of The Scarlet Letter, talks about his experience adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel and collaborating with The Scarlet Letter composer Lori Laitman. Learn more about creating the libretto for The Scarlet Letter...